The Hero and the Crown

The Hero and the Crown - Paperback

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The Hero and the Crown

The Hero and the Crown - Paperback

by Robin McKinley
$24.00
Sale price  $24.00 Regular price 

Book Overview

Discover the classic story that has captured hearts for decades...

Aerin could not remember a time when she had not known the story; she had grown up knowing it.

It was the story of her mother, the witchwoman who enspelled the king into marrying her, to get an heir that would rule Damar; and it was told that she turned her face to the wall and died of despair when she found she had borne a daughter instead of a son.
Aerin was that daughter.

But there was more of the story yet to be told; Aerin's destiny was greater than even she had dreamed--for she was to be the true hero who would wield the power of the Blue Sword...
ISBN9780441013050
Author Robin McKinley
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedJanuary 2007
LanguageENG- English
Pages304
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids and Teens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Robin McKinley

Robin McKinley has won various awards and citations for her writing, including the Newbery Medal for The Hero and the Crown and a Newbery Honor for The Blue Sword. Her other books include Sunshine; the New York Times bestseller Spindle's End; two novel-length retellings of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and Rose Daughter; and a retelling of the Robin Hood legend, The Outlaws of Sherwood. She lives with her husband, the English writer Peter Dickinson.

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